English noun: packrat | |||
1. | packrat (person) a collector of miscellaneous useless objects | ||
Broader (hypernym) | aggregator, collector | ||
2. | packrat (animal) any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects | ||
Synonyms | bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea, pack rat, trade rat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | wood rat, wood-rat | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes | ||
Member meronym | genus Neotoma, Neotoma | ||